SNF

FORT SANDERS TCU

CCN: 445328 · KNOXVILLE, TN 37916 · Knox County

ℹ Hospital-based

Overview

Address
1901 CLINCH AVE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37916
Phone
8655411111
Certified beds
24
Avg daily residents
18 (76% of beds filled)
Ownership
Non-profit corporation
Provider type
Medicare
Medicare/Medicaid since
1994-05-31
Setting
Urban
5 /5
★★★★★
CMS Overall Rating

CMS 5-Star Ratings

CMS rates every Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing home on four domains. The Overall rating is driven primarily by Health Inspection results, then adjusted up or down by Staffing and Quality Measures.

Overall Rating
Composite of Health Inspection, Staffing, and Quality Measures.
★★★★★ 5/5
Health Inspection
Based on the three most recent standard surveys, with more weight on recent results.
★★★★★ 5/5
Staffing
Weighted combination of RN and total nurse staffing hours per resident per day, case-mix adjusted.
★★★★★ 5/5
Quality Measures
15 resident-level quality measures split between long-stay and short-stay (post-acute) residents.
★★★★★ 4/5
Quality Measures breakdown
Long-Stay Quality Measures — Data not available.
Short-Stay Quality Measures ★★★★★ 4/5

Staffing & Workforce

Direct-care staffing is the strongest operational driver of quality in nursing homes. Values are hours per resident per day, derived from payroll-based journal (PBJ) submissions. "Case-mix" adjusts for resident acuity; "Adjusted" is the CMS rating-input value.

Role Reported Case-mix expected Adjusted Federal floor
Total nurse
All nursing staff combined: RN + LPN + Aide
 6.86 3.70 7.17 ≥ 3.48
Registered Nurse (RN)
Licensed RN hours. Strongest driver of clinical outcomes.
 3.78 0.65 3.95 ≥ 0.55
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
LPN/LVN hours. Often handles medication administration.
 1.20 0.82 1.25 —
Nurse aide
CNA hours. Bulk of direct resident care — bathing, feeding, mobility.
 1.89 2.23 1.97 —
Licensed (RN + LPN)
Combined licensed nurse coverage.
 4.98 — — —
Physical therapist
Rehabilitation therapist hours — important for post-acute / rehab admissions.
 0.27 — — —

Federal minimums (phasing in under the CMS 2024 minimum staffing rule) shown for reference. RN: 0.55 hrs/resident/day. Total nurse: 3.48 hrs/resident/day.

Weekend staffing

Total nurse (weekend)
5.56
hrs / resident / day
RN (weekend)
2.51
hrs / resident / day
Total nurse (adjusted, weekend)
5.81
hrs / resident / day

Weekend under-staffing is a common quality-of-care concern — adverse events are more frequent when licensed coverage drops.

Staff turnover

Total nursing staff turnover
37.0%
annual
RN turnover
17.6%
annual
Administrators departed
0
last 12 months

Resident acuity

Nursing Case-Mix Index
1.31
higher acuity than avg
Case-Mix Index Ratio
0.95
facility / state ratio

Health Inspections

CMS weights three inspection cycles to compute the Health Inspection rating: the most recent (50%), the second most recent (33%), and the oldest (17%). Each standard-survey deficiency is assigned a score based on scope and severity; complaint-survey findings and revisit scores are added to produce the cycle total.

Cycle Date Total defs. Standard Complaint Deficiency score Revisits Total score
Cycle 1 (most recent) 2025-06-11 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cycle 2/3 (prior) 2024-04-17 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total weighted health score
0.0
lower is better

Ownership & Corporate Structure

Chain: COVENANT HEALTH

Chain ID
167
Facilities in chain
11
Legal business name
FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Chain-average star ratings (for peer context)
Overall
3.4
Health
3.1
Staffing
4.5
QM
2.6

Owner / manager organizations (1)

Organization Role Association
COVENANT HEALTH 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST since 07/22/1996

Owner / manager individuals (8)

Name Role Association
ORTHOEFER, CARL OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL since 05/01/2022
ROSS, YASHETA OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL since 01/01/2025
CULBERTSON, TABITHA CORPORATE OFFICER since 04/14/2025
DELONG, AMY CORPORATE OFFICER since 03/04/2024
DOLAN, JOSEPH CORPORATE OFFICER since 07/31/2023
LETT, BRIAN CORPORATE OFFICER since 07/10/2017
ROSS, YASHETA CORPORATE OFFICER since 01/01/2024
VANDERSTEEG, JAMES CORPORATE OFFICER since 04/01/2016

Source: CMS Nursing Home Ownership. Percent ownership is rarely disclosed — CMS only requires it for specific roles.

Facility Features

CCRC
No
Hospital-based
Yes
Resident / family council
None
Sprinkler systems
Yes
Abuse citation flag
No
Methodology & sources

Full methodology →

All Data

Every labeled field shipped for this facility by CMS. No national median or percentile context is available for SNFs in the current release.

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Source Metric Value Raw key
Provider Information Abuse Icon N Abuse Icon
Provider Information Adjusted LPN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 1.24853 Adjusted LPN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Adjusted Nurse Aide Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 1.97113 Adjusted Nurse Aide Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Adjusted RN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 3.95247 Adjusted RN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Adjusted Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 7.17214 Adjusted Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Adjusted Weekend Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 5.80785 Adjusted Weekend Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Administrator turnover footnote — Administrator turnover footnote
Provider Information Automatic Sprinkler Systems in All Required Areas Yes Automatic Sprinkler Systems in All Required Areas
Provider Information Average Number of Residents per Day 18.3 Average Number of Residents per Day
Provider Information Average Number of Residents per Day Footnote — Average Number of Residents per Day Footnote
Provider Information Case-Mix LPN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 0.82014 Case-Mix LPN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Case-Mix Nurse Aide Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 2.22896 Case-Mix Nurse Aide Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Case-Mix RN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 0.64645 Case-Mix RN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Case-Mix Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 3.69555 Case-Mix Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Case-Mix Weekend Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 3.25724 Case-Mix Weekend Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Chain Average Health Inspection Rating 3.1 Chain Average Health Inspection Rating
Provider Information Chain Average Overall 5-star Rating 3.4 Chain Average Overall 5-star Rating
Provider Information Chain Average QM Rating 2.6 Chain Average QM Rating
Provider Information Chain Average Staffing Rating 4.5 Chain Average Staffing Rating
Provider Information Chain ID 167 Chain ID
Provider Information Chain Name COVENANT HEALTH Chain Name
Provider Information City/Town KNOXVILLE City/Town
Provider Information CMS Certification Number (CCN) 445328 CMS Certification Number (CCN)
Provider Information Continuing Care Retirement Community N Continuing Care Retirement Community
Provider Information County/Parish Knox County/Parish
Provider Information Date First Approved to Provide Medicare and Medicaid Services 1994-05-31 Date First Approved to Provide Medicare and Medicaid Services
Provider Information Geocoding Footnote — Geocoding Footnote
Provider Information Health Inspection Rating 5 Health Inspection Rating
Provider Information Health Inspection Rating Footnote — Health Inspection Rating Footnote
Provider Information Latitude 35.9572 Latitude
Provider Information Legal Business Name FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Legal Business Name
Provider Information Location 1901 CLINCH AVE,KNOXVILLE,TN,37916 Location
Provider Information Long-Stay QM Rating — Long-Stay QM Rating
Provider Information Long-Stay QM Rating Footnote 2 Long-Stay QM Rating Footnote
Provider Information Longitude -83.936 Longitude
Provider Information Most Recent Health Inspection More Than 2 Years Ago N Most Recent Health Inspection More Than 2 Years Ago
Provider Information Number of administrators who have left the nursing home 0 Number of administrators who have left the nursing home
Provider Information Number of Certified Beds 24 Number of Certified Beds
Provider Information Number of Citations from Infection Control Inspections — Number of Citations from Infection Control Inspections
Provider Information Number of Facilities in Chain 11 Number of Facilities in Chain
Provider Information Number of Fines 0 Number of Fines
Provider Information Number of Payment Denials 0 Number of Payment Denials
Provider Information Nursing Case-Mix Index 1.30917 Nursing Case-Mix Index
Provider Information Nursing Case-Mix Index Ratio 0.95029 Nursing Case-Mix Index Ratio
Provider Information Overall Rating 5 Overall Rating
Provider Information Overall Rating Footnote — Overall Rating Footnote
Provider Information Ownership Type Non profit - Corporation Ownership Type
Provider Information Physical Therapist Staffing Footnote — Physical Therapist Staffing Footnote
Provider Information Processing Date 2026-03-01 Processing Date
Provider Information Provider Address 1901 CLINCH AVE Provider Address
Provider Information Provider Changed Ownership in Last 12 Months N Provider Changed Ownership in Last 12 Months
Provider Information Provider Name FORT SANDERS TCU Provider Name
Provider Information Provider Resides in Hospital Y Provider Resides in Hospital
Provider Information Provider SSA County Code 460 Provider SSA County Code
Provider Information Provider Type Medicare Provider Type
Provider Information QM Rating 4 QM Rating
Provider Information QM Rating Footnote — QM Rating Footnote
Provider Information Rating Cycle 1 Health Deficiency Score 0 Rating Cycle 1 Health Deficiency Score
Provider Information Rating Cycle 1 Health Revisit Score 0 Rating Cycle 1 Health Revisit Score
Provider Information Rating Cycle 1 Number of Complaint Health Deficiencies 0 Rating Cycle 1 Number of Complaint Health Deficiencies
Provider Information Rating Cycle 1 Number of Health Revisits 0 Rating Cycle 1 Number of Health Revisits
Provider Information Rating Cycle 1 Number of Standard Health Deficiencies 0 Rating Cycle 1 Number of Standard Health Deficiencies
Provider Information Rating Cycle 1 Standard Survey Health Date 2025-06-11 Rating Cycle 1 Standard Survey Health Date
Provider Information Rating Cycle 1 Total Health Score 0 Rating Cycle 1 Total Health Score
Provider Information Rating Cycle 1 Total Number of Health Deficiencies 0 Rating Cycle 1 Total Number of Health Deficiencies
Provider Information Rating Cycle 2 Number of Standard Health Deficiencies 0 Rating Cycle 2 Number of Standard Health Deficiencies
Provider Information Rating Cycle 2 Standard Health Survey Date 2024-04-17 Rating Cycle 2 Standard Health Survey Date
Provider Information Rating Cycle 2/3 Health Deficiency Score 0 Rating Cycle 2/3 Health Deficiency Score
Provider Information Rating Cycle 2/3 Health Revisit Score 0 Rating Cycle 2/3 Health Revisit Score
Provider Information Rating Cycle 2/3 Number of Complaint Health Deficiencies 0 Rating Cycle 2/3 Number of Complaint Health Deficiencies
Provider Information Rating Cycle 2/3 Number of Health Revisits 0 Rating Cycle 2/3 Number of Health Revisits
Provider Information Rating Cycle 2/3 Total Health Score 0 Rating Cycle 2/3 Total Health Score
Provider Information Rating Cycle 2/3 Total Number of Health Deficiencies 0 Rating Cycle 2/3 Total Number of Health Deficiencies
Provider Information Registered Nurse hours per resident per day on the weekend 2.51094 Registered Nurse hours per resident per day on the weekend
Provider Information Registered Nurse turnover 17.6 Registered Nurse turnover
Provider Information Registered Nurse turnover footnote — Registered Nurse turnover footnote
Provider Information Reported Licensed Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 4.97823 Reported Licensed Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Reported LPN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 1.19505 Reported LPN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Reported Nurse Aide Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 1.88670 Reported Nurse Aide Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Reported Physical Therapist Staffing Hours per Resident Per Day 0.26950 Reported Physical Therapist Staffing Hours per Resident Per Day
Provider Information Reported RN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 3.78318 Reported RN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Reported Staffing Footnote — Reported Staffing Footnote
Provider Information Reported Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day 6.86493 Reported Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
Provider Information Short-Stay QM Rating 4 Short-Stay QM Rating
Provider Information Short-Stay QM Rating Footnote — Short-Stay QM Rating Footnote
Provider Information Special Focus Status — Special Focus Status
Provider Information Staffing Rating 5 Staffing Rating
Provider Information Staffing Rating Footnote — Staffing Rating Footnote
Provider Information State TN State
Provider Information Telephone Number 8655411111 Telephone Number
Provider Information Total Amount of Fines in Dollars 0.00 Total Amount of Fines in Dollars
Provider Information Total number of nurse staff hours per resident per day on the weekend 5.55908 Total number of nurse staff hours per resident per day on the weekend
Provider Information Total Number of Penalties 0 Total Number of Penalties
Provider Information Total nursing staff turnover 37.0 Total nursing staff turnover
Provider Information Total nursing staff turnover footnote — Total nursing staff turnover footnote
Provider Information Total Weighted Health Survey Score 0.000 Total Weighted Health Survey Score
Provider Information Urban Y Urban
Provider Information With a Resident and Family Council None With a Resident and Family Council
Provider Information ZIP Code 37916 ZIP Code